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Author Cagé, Julia, author.

Title The price of democracy : how money shapes politics and what to do about it / Julia Cagé ; translated by Patrick Camiller
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 421 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Democratic exhaustion -- Part One. When the poor pay for the rich: The cost of democracy : first benchmarks -- The private funding of democracy : a system designed for the rich -- The realities of private funding : when the taxes of the many pay for the conservative preferences of the few -- Beyond politics : private funding of the "public good" -- Part Two. Missed opportunities: A hope? Public funding of parties and election campaigns -- The public funding of democracy : a system in danger -- Are America's aberrations a danger for Europe? -- The price of a vote : from local elections to general microtargeting -- Part Three. Let's save democracy! Reshaping political and social democracy -- Has the last word been said? From the illusion of permanence to the novelty of democratic vouchers -- Towards a democratization of the "private" funding of democracy and a new way of publicly funding parties -- Towards a mixed assembly : social and political -- Conclusion: The prerequisites of "permanent" democracy
Summary "Julia Cagé scrutinizes contemporary democracies and offers a new approach to the crisis of political representation. She proposes radical solutions for political funding and participation, including "Democratic Equality Vouchers" and a "Mixed Assembly" model where disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are guaranteed a significant fraction of seats"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Originally published in French as Le prix de la démocratie, Paris : Fayard, 2018. Preface first published in the paperback edition of Le prix de la démocratie, Paris : Gallimard, Julia Cagé, 2020--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Democracy.
Representative government and representation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Democracy
Representative government and representation
Form Electronic book
Author Camiller, Patrick, translator.
LC no. 2019046708
ISBN 9780674246133
0674246136
9780674246119
067424611X
0674987284
9780674987289
Other Titles Prix de la démocratie. English